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Rebekah Vardy lashes out at Coleen Rooney AGAIN & accuses her of ‘serious misconduct’ in latest Wagatha Christie battle

Published on March 31, 2025 at 11:42 AM

REBEKAH Vardy has lashed out at Coleen Rooney again – claiming her Wagatha Christie team committed “serious misconduct”.

The Wag, 42, has been ordered to pick up 90 per cent of Coleen's bill – including an initial payment of £800,000 – after shesensationally lostthe libel case.

Coleen Rooney at the VIP screening of "Coleen Rooney: The Real Wagatha Story".
Coleen Rooney's team has returned to court in a costs battle
Portrait of Rebekah Vardy in a sequined dress.
Rebekah Vardy previously lost a bid to slash her rival's costs

She was dealt a further blow last October when a judge ordered Jamie Vardy‘s wife to hand over a further £100,000 within 21 days.

It came after she also lost a bid to slash former I'm a Celeb star Coleen's costs, which have been put at £1,833,906.89.

Rebekah is now appealing against the October decision – with the case being heard at the High Court today.

Her barrister Jamie Carpenter KC claimed Coleen “very substantially understated” her legal costs by around 40 per cent in her budget.

He also accused her team of “serious misconduct” by understating some of her costs to “attack the other party's costs”.

Mr Carpenter added: Although the costs judge was critical of Mrs Rooney's lawyers for their lack of transparency, he held ‘on balance' and ‘only just' that there was no misconduct.

“It is respectfully submitted that he was wrong to do so.”

The barrister said a “proportionate sanction” for the alleged misconduct would be to limit the amount of Coleen's legal costs up to August 2021 to £220,955.07.

But Benjamin Williams KC, for Coleen, said the budget was “properly and correctly completed” and there was “no tenable case” of misconduct.

He added: “Mrs Rooney's primary position is that, in this, she and her solicitors were adopting the right approach; but even if this is not correct, it was a reasonable approach.”

In October, Senior Costs judge Andrew Gordon-Saker found “on balance and, I have to say, only just”, that team Coleen had not committed any wrongdoing.

As a result, he ruled it would therefore not be “appropriate” to reduce the amount ofmoneyRebekah should pay – meaning she could still be landed with a £1.6million bill.

It came after Mr Carpenter accused Coleen's team of “deliberately deceiving”; the court by underestimating costs and time spent working on the case.

He also claimed Coleen's team had adopted a “kitchen sink approach” when calculating the total.

The lawyer claimedthe billincluded costs for one of Coleen's team to stay at the five star Nobu Hotel.

It also included “substantial dinner and drinks charges as well asminibar charges”, the lawyer said.

He said Coleen's legal bill – £1,833,906.89 – was more than three times her “agreed costs budget of £540,779.07”.

But Robin Dunne, for Coleen, argued it was “frankly outrageous” to accuse them of dishonesty.

He also said Rebekah had shown “deplorable conduct” in the case and and costs could have been lower if “she conducted this litigation appropriately”.

The lawyer added: “This was a libel claim which Mrs Vardy chose to launch, despite knowing that the Instagram post was true.

“Mrs Vardy refused to engage with Mrs Rooney to try and avoid these proceedings and by her conduct meant that significant additional costs were required to be incurred by Mrs Rooney.

“It sits ill in Mrs Vardy's mouth to now claim that Mrs Rooney's costs, a great deal of which were caused directly by her conduct, are unreasonable.”

Rebekah brought the multi-million pound case to court after she was accused of leaking stories to the press.

But Coleen – wife of ex-England ace Wayne – won the epic libel battle in 2022 – bringing an end to the three-year saga.

The row erupted back in October 2019 when Coleen turned detective and accused Rebekah of sharing stories from her personal Instagram account.

In the infamous post, Coleen said she posted a string of false stories via her Instagram account with restricted access to see if they appeared in the media, which they did.

She then said the fake stories had only been viewed by one person, and ended dramatically: “It’s . . . Rebekah Vardy’s account.”;

In return, Rebekah declared war and accused Coleen of destroying her reputation as she brought the libel case to court.

But her reputation and finances were left hanging in tatters after she was savaged by Mrs Justice Steyn in her ruling.

The judge said Rebekah “knew of, condoned and was actively engaged” in leaks to the media by her agent Caroline Watts.

She branded the mum-of-five's evidence as “manifestly inconsistent” but praised Coleen as an “honest and reliable” witness.

Mrs Justice Steyn also found Rebekah deliberately destroyed evidence to cover up her deceit.

A full “line-by-line” assessment of costs is due to take place this year to decide the overall amount of money to be paid.

Today's hearing is expected to conclude later this afternoon.

Coleen Rooney at an International Women's Day event.
Coleen won the high-profile libel battle
Wayne and Coleen Rooney at the launch of Coleen Rooney x Applied Nutrition Wellness Range.
The star, married to Wayne Rooney, had accused Rebekah of leaking stories
Woman in a brown sequined gown in a hotel hallway.
Rebekah took the case to court as she unsuccessfully sued for libel
Jamie and Rebekah Vardy at the Pride of Sport Awards.
Jamie Vardy's wife was slammed by a judge
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